Airlines
UK NATS Records Day with No Westbound Transatlantic Tracks
Air traffic control providers eschewed the organized track structure on March 9.
UK NATS recorded no westbound OTS tracks on March 9. (Image: UK NATS)
UK NATS recorded no westbound OTS tracks on March 9. (Image: UK NATS)

UK NATS organized no westbound flight tracks across the North Atlantic for the first time since at least the 1960s on March 9 as it prepares to accelerate the possible disbandment of the Organized Track Structure (OTS) over the ocean in favor of Aerion’s satellite-based traffic surveillance, the air traffic control service provider said Tuesday.